10.3 CITY LEADERS

City leaders, known variously as Archon Ascendant (Ashtan), Seneschal (Hashan), Imperiate (Cyrene), Tyrannus (Mhaldor), Dawnlord (Targossas), and Speaker (Eleusis) are both the figurehead and most powerful person in a city in political terms. Chosen by the ruling council (HELP RULINGCOUNCILS), and by necessity a member of it, the city leader is responsible for choosing the Ministers of a city. The person in this position is also immune to political challenges. He or she may only be removed after his or her fellow ruling council members have made someone else the leader. 

City leaders earn 200 renown per hour while logged in, up to 800 renown per day or until they hit cap (see HELP RENOWN). 

The Minister of Defence also has the ability to issue, accept, and decline war declarations, also to surrender during a time of war. See HELP WAR.

A city leader has all the commands of a normal member of the ruling council, with some additions:

APPOINT <ministry> <citizen>
  Appoints someone to a Ministry.
  Valid ministries are: Ambassador, Defence, Interior, Treasurer, Culture.
  This also serves to appoint the Admiral.

FUNDS COFFERS
  The city leader is the only person, aside from those in the Treasury, who can see the amount of gold in the city coffers.

CITY ANNOUNCE
CITY ANNOUNCE CLEAR
CITY ANNOUNCE <text_with_\n_if_desired_to_break_lines>
  Shows, clears, or sets a new city announce which will be visible to all citizens upon entry to the realms.

CITY AUTOCITIZEN AGEMAX <age>       - that age or lower would be OK.
CITY AUTOCITIZEN ON|OFF             - autocitizen enabled or not.
CITY AUTOCITIZEN RESTRICT[CLASS] *  - restrict certain classes.
CITY AUTOCITIZEN FORBID[HOUSE] *    - forbid certain houses.
  All the settings related to Autocitizening. Requires special arrangements with a coder, designation of a special denizen to handle this, and so forth. For further details on RESTRICT[CLASS] and FORBID[HOUSE],
  simply enter the commands without the *. So, for example, enter CITY AUTOCITIZEN RESTRICT, and you'll see further info.
  These commands are available to the City Leader and Ambassador, but not aides.

CITY CLAN <clan alias> NEW_HEAD <person>
  Appoint a new clan head for a city-owned clan. New clan head must already be in the clan.

CITY CREDITS TRANSFER [BOUND] <credits> TO <person> <reason>
  Transfer credits to a adventurer.
  If BOUND, then the recipient will receive the lesson bonus for binding credits, if any.

CITY FORCE DOOR <direction>
  For ruling council members and Defence Minister only, this allows forcing a subdivision door on a private house. The door must still be opened to enter. The door will close and lock again after about an Achaean hour. Every CITY FORCE DOOR is logged and monitored for abuse. Be sure you are doing this with exceedingly good reason!

CITY NEWCOMERMESSAGE CLEAR|<message with \n ok>
  Sets or clears the message given to all new citizens that join by way of autocitizening. May be done by the City Leader or Ambassador, but not aides.

CITY PATRON NONE
CITY PATRON <god>
  It is the sole right of a city leader to offer Patronage of the City to the Divine of his or her choosing, or to have no Patron at all.

CITY SET RELATIONS <city> <HOSTILE|NEUTRAL|ALLIED>
  A city leader is the only person who may set a city's official relationship with other cities. Be warned that if the other city is already set as hostile towards you, and you set your city as hostile to it, the two cities will enter a state of 'war', and neither will be able to declare neutrality until the passing of at least 6 Achaean months. CITY RELATIONS will let you see how your city currently feels about other cities, and how they feel about your city. Note that neither neutral nor Allied have any formal effect for cities, but a village that allies a city opens up the possibility of adventurers from that city leading village soldiers. See HELP LEADERSHIP.

  Note: this can also be used for villages! Use CITY RELATIONS HOSTILE to see any and all hostile or at-war relations, including with villages.

CITY SET TOTEMER <who>|NONE

  Designates a person to adjust/uproot/smudge city totems. This person's activities will not cause alarms. The act of designating a totemer is logged in the city totem log. It is not necessary to designate a citizen, since citizens' actions of this kind are already ignored by totems.
  
LIBRARY LIBRARIAN <who> 
   The City Leader can designate the city's librarian. Use this command when standing in the city library.

See also HELP PATRONAGE REQUESTS.